French publication Gamekyo are reporting that Nintendo will be unlocking a second core for Nintendo 3DS developers to play around with. Apparently developers will soon be able to take advantage of 25% additional power that was previously reserved for the Nintendo 3DS operating system.
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Is Nintendo preparing a limited edition Leaf Green Nintendo 3DS to launch alongside Luigi’s Mansion 2? From the look of this scan it’s a possibility. Personally I’m not sure if this is just the Aqua Blue version of the console, what do guys and girls think?
French gaming site P-Nintendo are reporting that Nintendo plans to offer five different Wii bundles to consumers this Christmas. The plans were reportedly discussed at a reseller meeting that took place in Disneyland Paris. You’ll notice one bundle is priced higher than the others, could this be The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii bundle?
- Each pack will come with the new version of the Wii console
- may include different colors
- Pack F: 80
- Pack F : 250
- Pack V : 60
- Pack C : 70
Wow, today we heard that 01Net’s rumour of a second Circle Pad add-on for the Nintendo 3DS is actually true and has been confirmed by Nintendo. Well some other rumours have now surfaced, the most interesting being that Feel Good, the developers behind the fantastic Kirby’s Epic Yarn, are developing a side scrolling Yoshi game for the Nintendo 3DS. Expect to hear more about this at the Nintendo 3DS press conference next Tuesday.
Kirby’s Epic Yarn developer Good-Feel, a fifth Ace Attorney featuring Miles Edgeworth is on the way, as is a multiplatform God Eater title for 3DS and Vita, plus a new Etrian Odyssey for 3DS.
Nintendo’s also expected to announce plans to release a Super Mario Land 3D demo, and to date The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for eShop.
Nintendo’s press conference which takes place on September 13th will play host to Monster Hunter Tri G, Baten Kaitos: Silence of the Mechanised Son and Mach Rider Unchained, a dark racing-brawler. The news comes from a poster on 4 Chan via Neogaf who claims to work for the Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association.
01Net, the publication which previously leaked key Wii U and PlayStation Vita information is now reporting that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata “is now in very delicate position, if not on an ejection seat.”
If we are to believe our source, the chairman of the board, Satoru Iwata, is now in very delicate position, if not on an ejection seat. Iwata is generally appreciated by the staff of the company, many employees worried about his fate. Also according to our source, the fact that he publicly assumed responsibility for a difficult start to the 3DS and voluntarily cut his salary in half may not be enough to save his place in the medium term.
French gaming site 01Net who received leaked information about both the PlayStation Vita and Wii U are reporting that Nintendo is currently busy prepping a redesign for the Nintendo 3DS. Apparently the redesigned Nintendo 3DS will launch sometime next year.
“This information corroborates several elements we obtained very recently from various sources. According to them, Nintendo is currently preparing a new 3DS for a 2012 release. This new version would radically tone down the whole ’3D’ angle, with a new design and even probably a different name. In that perspective, the radical price-slashing, touted as a measure to boost sales, would also be a way to liquidate current stocks to make way for the successor…”
Online gaming publication Kotaku have been told that Nintendo’s next home console won’t come equipt with a traditional Hard-Drive but will instead come with 8 gigabytes of on-board flash-based memory.
Whilst this information is strictly a rumour, sources close to Kotaku have stated that Nintendo have chosen to opt for on-board flash memory rather than include an large HDD like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation.
The console, codenamed Project Café, will include 8 gigabytes of on-board flash-based memory, presumably for game storage. That quantity, while nearly 16 times the storage capacity of the Wii, is smaller than the 20GB of room available in the original, optional hard drives offered in 2005 for the Xbox 360. The amount of memory in the new Nintendo console would also be dwarfed by the 250 GB drives offered in current, high-end versions of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
While my sources have not specified how Nintendo plans to allow owners of its console to use the machine’s memory, 8GB would seem to provide ample room for downloadble retro games, a service Nintendo has already supported on the Wii. The increased capacity, compared to the Wii, would also allow games on the new Nintendo platform to be patched and updated, though downloadable expansions, such as 650 MB Call of Duty map packs would quickly stuff the machine. The system will also support saving to SD cards.
By offering 8GB of storage, Nintendo would not be able to offer full-sized new games for download, a practice that has been promoted on the Xbox 360 and, to a lesser extent, the PlayStation 3, in recent years. It would also be unlikely to store downloaded feature films without additional, user-supplied storage.
- Kotaku
An individual from GameStop has stated that the company currently has the Nintendo 3DS along with eighteen 3DS titles and fourteen accessories on their internal system.
The eighteen games and fourteen accessories along with the 3DS console have a shipping date of November 22nd with pre-orders starting September 29th.
